Short Take: Vitamins.com gets $22.5 million infusion

Discount online vitamin retailer Vitamin.com announced it has raised $22.5 million in funding. San Francisco-based Acacia Venture Partners was the lead investor in the company. Other investors were investCIBC Capital Partners, DeMuth, Folger & Wetherill, Grove Street Advisors, and Phar-Mor. Vitamins.com plans to increase its services and marketing with the new capital.

Jan. 2, 2002 4:43 p.m. PT

Discount online vitamin retailer announced it has raised $22.5 million in funding. San Francisco-based Acacia Venture Partners was the lead investor in the company. Other investors were investCIBC Capital Partners, DeMuth, Folger & Wetherill, Grove Street Advisors, and Phar-Mor. Vitamins.com plans to increase its services and marketing with the new capital.